Welsh supermarkets can return to selling electronics, clothes and toys while garden centres reopen TODAY as national lockdown further eases – but non-essential shops remain closed All non-essential retail was ordered to close in Wales on Christmas Eve last year Supermarkets stayed open, but items like books and DVDs could not be sold Shoppers raged … Read more
Keep off MY rock! Bear Grylls applies to plant two ‘Private Property’ signs on the tiny Welsh island he and family live on part-time in bid to deter tourists Bear Grylls purchased the island of Saint Tudwal’s West in 2001 for £95,000 He lives on the island part-time with his wife Shara, 47, and their three … Read more
An asylum seeker who fled gang violence and kidnap in his home country has described being housed in military barracks in the UK as ‘the worst experience of my life’. Eduardo was forced to flee from his home country of El Salvador, after being kidnapped by gangsters. When arriving in the UK, he was housed … Read more
Wales’s First Minister has said the United Kingdom as we know it ‘is over’ and demanded a radical overhaul based on a ‘voluntary association of four nations’. Mark Drakeford was accused of ‘giving up on the Union’ after advocating a more federal arrangement akin to the United States, or even as loose as the EU. He … Read more
Gold miners in Wales have struck it rich as they unearthed new deposits near a historic pit that supplied Royal wedding rings for decades. Bosses say the dig for gold was ‘more successful than we could reasonably have anticipated’ as they searched around the former Clogau mine in the Welsh hills. The North Wales mine … Read more
English NHS chief working in Wales is disciplined for comparing plight of non-Welsh speakers to black victims of apartheid James Moore compared non-Welsh speakers to South African apartheid Mr Moore worked for Health Education and Improvement Wales for 18 months He wrote that it was time for non-Welsh speakers to ‘stand up to the oppressor’ … Read more
Children in Scotland and Wales made a return to the classroom yesterday after months of home-schooling – as pupils in England face a two-week wait for their staggered return. Youngsters between the ages of four and eight put their uniforms on for face-to-face teaching in Scotland for the first time this year. They were joined by … Read more
A Welsh Labour politician has today defended taking a Zoom meeting from her lover’s home in England, miles from her Newport constituency, because they have formed a support bubble. Rhianon Passmore, 48, was spotted at the £1million home of her long-term partner Nick Hartley, 54, during an online meeting of the Welsh Assembly. Ms Passmore told MailOnline she … Read more
A Welsh Labour politician has today defended taking a Zoom meeting from her lover’s home in England, miles from her Newport constituency, because they have formed a support bubble. Rhianon Passmore, 48, was spotted at the £1million home of her long-term partner Nick Hartley, 54, during an online meeting of the Welsh Assembly. Ms Passmore told MailOnline she … Read more
When are schools expected to open across Britain? England Boris Johnson has repeatedly said the Government will target March 8 to reopen schools across England. But it is still unclear exactly how the reopening will work, with the PM due to unveil his lockdown exit roadmap on Monday. The PM is said to want to … Read more